STOKE ** Stoke have signed midfielder Wilson Palacios from Tottenham, on a four-year deal.

ARSENAL ** Arsenalhave announced the signing of Werder Bremen defender Per Mertesacker who is joining on a four-year deal.

LIVERPOOL ** Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy is to sign for Liverpool, Express sport understands. The 32-year-old was given special dispensation to leave Wales' training camp at Celtic Manor to head off for talks with the Reds.

ASTON VILLA ** Tottenham defender Alan Hutton has been given permission to leave the Scotland camp to discuss a possible transfer to Aston Villa

WEST HAM ** West Ham sign David Bentley from Tottenham on season-long loan

FULHAM ** Fulham have completed the signing of former Juventus defender Zdenek Grygera on a free transfer

WEST HAM ** West Ham have agreed the signing of Arsenal midfielder Henri Lansbury on an initial season-long loan

ARSENAL ** Arsenal revealed the deal for 26-year-oldMertesacker, who has 75 caps, was all but rubber stamped.

CHELSEA ** Malouda insisted he would not be following his new team-mate at Chelsea, telling a news conference ahead of France's European Championship qualifier

MANCHESTER CITY ** Manchester City striker John Guidetti has completed a loan move to Feyenoord for the rest of the season

LIVERPOOL ** French club Evian have confirmed the signing of Liverpool midfielder Christian Poulsen.

CHELSEA ** The agent of Alvaro Pereira has claimed Chelsea were still in negotiations to sign the left-back from Porto.

CHELSEA ** Chelsea have confirmed 20-year-old Mexican midfielder Ulises Davila, who joined the Blues on a five-year deal from Chivas at the weekend, will spend the rest of the season on loan at Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem.

LEICESTER ** Everton have accepted a £4million from Leicester for Jermaine Beckford

LEEDS ** St Etienne have completed the signing of Ivory Coast international Max Gradel from Leeds with the 23-year-old forward signing a four-year deal.

BLACKBURN ROVERS ** Prized centre-back Scott Dann is in Blackburn for talks and a medical with Rovers, but a fee is yet to be agreed.

PETERBOROUGH ** Peterborough United sign striker Emile Sinclair from Macclesfield Town for an undisclosed fee

NEWCASTLE ** Papiss Demba Cisse's prospective move to Newcastle has fallen through and he is now set to remain with Freiburg, according to the German club's director of sport Dirk Dufner.

SWANSEA ** Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers is hoping to add up to four players to his squad before the transfer window shuts including Fulham's Rafik Halliche, Middlesbrough's Matthew Bates and Watford's Adrian Mariappa.

TOTTENHAM ** Harry Redknapp on Peter Crouch "There's three or four clubs wanting him and he wants to play football, he's too good not to play. He's an outstanding player."